HORSE RACING

Reporting Star goes for first career win

Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 5:47 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 5:47 p.m.

After three straight third-place finishes, Reporting Star will try to win his first stakes race of his career in Sunday’s Mambo Meister Stakes at Calder Race Course.

The 3-year-old gelded son of Circular Quay is the favorite in the $55,000 turf race at the South Florida track.

At odds of 3-1 he leads the field of 10 horses vying for the 1 1/16-mile race.

In his last start, Reporting Star was beaten by Mr. Quiesqueyano who led for most of the Calder Derby on April 6. Reporting Star was bumped at the start of the race, but was able to stay up for third despite tiring in the 1 1/8 mile dirt race.

Reporting Star has not won since his first career race last October, when he trounced the field by 7 1/2 lengths.

The gelding was bred by his owner, Gilbert Campbell, who owns Stonehedge Farm South in Williston. Reporting Star has earned more than $73,000 in his career.

The Mambo Meister is scheduled for 3:32 p.m. and is race No. 7.

Today, Florida-bred Belvin faces four other horses in the tightly contested Came Home Stakes at Hollywood Park near Los Angeles.

The 3-year-old son of Empire Maker is at odds of 7-2, though the five horses are only separated by a few ticks. The favorite, Let Em Shine is at odds of 2-1, while the longest shot is Broadway Empire at odds of 4-1.

Belvin has race three times in his career. He finished second his first time out and broke his maiden on second try. From that maiden special weight win, he jumped to graded stakes company where he finished sixth in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park in February.

In the San Vicente, however, Belvin set the pace for the first part of the race, before he weakened in the later part of the 7-furlongs. While he finished sixth, he was only about 2 1/2 lengths behind the winner, Shakin it Up. Bred and owned by Donald Dizney, owner of Double Diamond Farm in Ocala, the colt has earned nearly $43,000 in his career.

A win in the $70,000 Came Home would nearly double his career earnings.

The Came Home is scheduled for 5 p.m. and is race No. 3.

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